Mhhh... seems that when burning to a folder, it is incomplete as well.

I just tried with a very small 2min project and this one worked.
A 5min failed totally. Very strange.

I will fully uninstalle PD8 as well as PD7 which I had in another directory.
Wanting to try PD8 I installed it in parallel. Maybe some problems are due to this configuration.

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Steve JORDI
Geneva, Switzerland - Portland, OR, USA

I had an older version of PowerDirector that worked great, but when I "upgraded" to PowerDirector8 I could no longer burn a DVD. I too got that strange and grammatically incorrect error message, "The pack queue is empty. That causes Muxer can't keep muxing." Does anyone know what muxing is? I have two DVD burners, and get the same message on both. PowerDirector8 also frequently crashes, so you better save your work often. I am waiting for a reply for Cyberlink Customer Service, who assured me that all the early bugs were worked out of the program before I bought 8.

FYI, I totally uninstalled my older version of PowerDirector before installing PowerDirector 8 and I still get that strange error message. The annoying thing is that I was perectly happy with my old version, but they convinced me I would be happier with 8. I'm not.

I erratically get this problem but it seems it's only with DVD+ media.
Finally I had other problems with DVD+ which are not fully compatible with SONY players (they skip the first 20 seconds, a lot of users have the same problem with DVD+ on Sony players) so I got back to burn only DVD- disks and never had any problem anymore.

I don't know with Double Layers (only DVD+) and Blue Ray though. __________________
Steve JORDI
Geneva, Switzerland - Portland, OR, USA

sjordi, I didn't know you can use either DVD+ or DVD- on any burner. I thought they only used one or the other. In my old version of PowerDirector I used DVD+ in the F Drive and had no problem. I have since bought a newer, faster LG Burner Drive, but it hasn't worked with DVD+ discs in either drive. How can you tell if a burner will use DVD- ? This is how my two burners are labled:
The new LG on E: HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GH22NP 202.00
The old one is F: TEAC DVD+RW DV-W58E D.ON

Mhh,
I had a utility giving the specs of the dvd drives but don't seem to be able to find it.
You still can search databases like http://www.videohelp.com
You'll see that the TEAC writes only DVD+, not DVD-

I'm pretty surprised as today's drives usually write about everything, DVD+, DVD-, DVD+DL, even DVD-RAM __________________
Steve JORDI
Geneva, Switzerland - Portland, OR, USA

Steve,
Were you ever able to burn a DVD with PowerDirector 8? After ten days of back-and-forth with Cyberlink Tech Support, I still get the error message about Muxing. I can't burn to a file either. I also can't produce in Mpg 1 and Mpg 2 formats. I am ready to demand my money back.

That's strange,
I don't remember why I wasn't able to burn. Now I have absolutely no problems at all with all the right patches.
Maybe it's the video files themselves that have a problem?
What you can do is make a copy of your video source and convert it to another format using something like handbrake.
Say you have avi files, convert them to mpg or wmv

Then create a new project using those files in PD8 and try to generate the project by burning to a folder. If this works, then burn it to a DVD media.
Does it change anything? __________________
Steve JORDI
Geneva, Switzerland - Portland, OR, USA

Hi there -

I had that 99% error recently, but with producing not burning. It didn't matter what format I tried, I got the same thing. I ended up doing a complete uninstall/re-install. That fixed it.

It would be well worth carry out these tests - copied from http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/7958.page


PART H
DVD write tests for PD - to assess displayed error issues.
Test 1.

Open PD
Place in the Video time-line PD8 sample.mpg - do this 3 times
Go to > Create disc
Accept all default settings
Select > Create to Folder and browse for a location
Untick > Burn to Disc
Click "Burn icon"

Note the results - submit the results on your forum posting.

Test 2.
Open PD
Place in the Video time-line PD8 sample.mpg - do this 3 times
Go to > Create disc
Accept all default settings
Select > Burn to Disc
Blank DVD in drive
Click "Burn icon"

Note the results - submit the results on your forum posting.

Tests are used to localise and to check issues - this test checks your DVD writer and the PC

Muxing means multiplexing - which is putting different streams of the video into one single file. Demuxing is the opposite of that.

Cheers - Tony

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